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TIL of the Football War (AKA The 100 Hours War) of 1969, fought between Honduras and El Salvador

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aEgZ TIL Of “Peter the great”, a cat who was the lone survivor of a New Zealand sulfur mine on a remote island volcano. The resupply ship found no trace of the miners.
oD8K TIL that three bodies were found in a storage room on the USS West Virginia when she was re-floated after Pearl Harbor. A calendar kept by the men indicated that they had survived for over two weeks after the attack.
peAG TIL On this day in 1987 R. Budd Dwyer would commit suicide on national tv thus inspiring Filter’s song Hey Man, Nice Shot
1aYND TIL The US Government passed the Stolen Valor Act in 2005. The Act made it illegal to wear or falsely claim to have received any military medal or decoration without authorization, including the Medal of Honor. However, the Act was later ruled unconstitutional by the Ninth Circuit Court.
xV9Kb TIL that some women who meet their boyfriend/husband while on birth control find that they’re no longer sexually attracted to him once they quit birth control in order to start a family.